Close the gap in the rate of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people under adult justice supervision by 2031

Close the gap in the rate of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people under youth justice supervision by 2031

Making progress towards closing the gap relies upon: reducing the number of Aboriginal people entering the criminal justice system for the first time through Government-Aboriginal community partnership strategies that address the social and economic drivers of Aboriginal over-representation; and reducing the frequency, severity and duration of Aboriginal people’s involvement with the justice system over time through actions implemented under this Agreement.

To illustrate the level of change required to get on track to close the gap, the graphs below translate the existing target to show how many fewer Aboriginal people would need to be under justice supervision by the end of the Agreement.

Milestone 1: Reduce the average daily number of Aboriginal adults under justice supervision in prison and community corrections by at least 344 by 2023.

In 2017, there were 1,495 Aboriginal people under adult justice supervision on any given day (a rate of 44.9 per 1,000 Aboriginal adults). To get on track to meet the target there needs to be fewer than 1,151 Aboriginal adults under justice supervision on an average day by June 2023 (a rate of 29.3 or less per 1,000).

Milestone 2: Reduce the average daily number of Aboriginal children aged 10-17 years under youth justice supervision in detention and the community by at least 43 by 2023.

There were 132 Aboriginal children under youth justice supervision (in detention and on community based orders) on an average day in 2016-17 (a rate of 14.8 per 1,000 Aboriginal children). To get on track to meet the target there needs to be fewer than 89 Aboriginal children under justice supervision on an average day by 2023 (a rate of 9.1 or less per 1,000), a reduction of 43 children.